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Scientists have matched a North Atlantic right whale seen in Ireland in the summer of 2024 to one recently spotted near Boston

The cross-Atlantic journey marks a first for the critically endangered species

Researchers say the finding highlights the rare movement and global collaboration between the large marine mammals

Scientists have confirmed that a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale recently spotted off the coast of Massachusetts near Boston is the same animal photographed in Ireland in the summer of 2024.

The match marks the first evidence of the species traveling 3,000 miles, amazing experts, and providing new information about the species, which has a population of under 400 .

News of the whale's impressive trip was announced on Wednesday, Dec. 3, i

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